the definite article- used instead of a possessive pronoun eg the wife instead of my wife
- used frequently where English would miss it out ☞ “Ah’m gan tae the kirk” ☞ “The bairns are awey tae the school” ☞ “John’s for the toon” ☞ “He tuk tae the laugheen” “(He started to laugh)”
- used derogatorily instead of a possessive ☞ “He wis standan there, the fag in the mooth” ☞ “The mither o him wis nivver home.”
- as in 2, the definite article is frequently used before professions ☞ “He works at the joiner wark” ☞ “He wrowt at the plumber wark a whilie”
- ☞ the day, the morn, the night today, tomorrow, tonight
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